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Saturday, October 13, 2012

PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald) -
Prime Minister Hun Sen will
attend a summit with Lao and Vietnamese leaders in Ho Chi Minh City next
week, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
said Friday.
In a statement, the ministry said Hun Sen would be accompanied by
Commerce Minister Cham Prasidh at the two-day meeting starting next
Friday.
"At the end of the summit, the prime ministers of Cambodia, Laos and
Vietnam will sign (a) joint declaration," the statement said.
The summit is the seventh on an initiative for a "development
triangle area" covering northeast Cambodia, southern Laos and the
Central Highlands of Vietnam.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald) - Members of parliament unanimously
re-elected Im Suosdey as president of the National Election Committee
Thursday as two opposition parties boycotted the session.

The
session, presided over by National Assembly Chairman Heng Samrin, was
attended by 87 lawmakers from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party and
the two royalist parties, Funcinpec and the Nationalist Party.

The nine members, who will
serve for a period of five years, comprise five CPP members, two from
Funcinpec and two from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party.

Lawmakers
from the Sam Rainsy Party and Human Rights Party, which have both been
calling for changes to the NEC, nevertheless boycotted the extraordinary
session of parliament.

Im Suosdey was first elected as NEC president in 2003.
Under
Cambodian law, the National Assembly has to elect nine NEC members
within seven months of general elections, which are scheduled for July
next year.

BERLIN,(AFP) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet Wednesday
passed a draft law to allow circumcision in Germany after a court said the rite
amounted to grievous bodily harm, a ruling that caused international uproar.

The new legislation, which must now be passed by the German parliament,
"makes clear that circumcision is possible in Germany," said Justice
Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger in a statement.

The ministry added the new text would "remove the legal uncertainty
created by the judgement of the regional court in Cologne."

While considering a case brought against a doctor who had circumcised a Muslim
boy, the court in the western German city ruled that the rite was tantamount to
grievous bodily harm.

The decision united Jewish and Muslim groups in opposition and caused outrage
from religious and political leaders in Israel and Muslim countries.

Diplomats admitted that the ruling proved "disastrous" for Germany's
international image, particularly in light of its Nazi past.

Merkel was reported to have warned that Germany risked becoming a
"laughing stock" if it banned circumcision.

The new bill stipulates certain provisos for a boy to be circumcised.

Among these conditions, the draft law stipulates the practice must be carried
out "professionally" and "with the most effective pain
relief".

An exception must also be made in individual cases if there are health risks,
for example if the infant is suspected of being a haemophiliac.

Germany is home to about four million Muslims and more than 200,000 Jews.